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[en] Four #NoTAV activists acquitted of terrorism charge

Posted on 2014/12/18 by Struggles in Italy

The four NoTAV activists arrested on 9th December 2013 have been acquitted of the charge of terrorism. They were, however, convicted for attacking theTAV construction site, for damaging a compressor and for carrying “weapons of war” (in fact, Molotov cocktails … Continue reading →

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[en] Portrait of Italian May Day 2014

Posted on 2014/05/05 by Struggles in Italy

On May Day, as in many other places around the world, thousands of people gathered in squares and streets all over Italy to celebrate International Workers’ Day. The celebrations took different forms, from concerts to direct action such as disputes … Continue reading →

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[en] Political turmoil inside CGIL

Posted on 2014/03/19 by Struggles in Italy

  The CGIL is Italy’s largest confederation of trade unions (secretary: Susanna Camusso) and includes as a member FIOM, the metalworkers’ federation (general secretary: Maurizio Landini; former president: Giorgio Cremaschi). Tension has been growing between CGIL and FIOM for some time and although there have been reassurances … Continue reading →

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[fr] [Traduction] Appel des familles des activistes NoTav arrêtés pour terrorisme

Posted on 2014/02/21 by Struggles in Italy

Vous avez entendu parler d’eux ces dernières semaines. Ce sont ceux qui ont été arrêtés le 9 décembre et qui sont accusés (mais l’accusation reste toute à démontrer) d’avoir attaqué le chantier Tav à Chiomonte. Au cours de l’attaque, un … Continue reading →

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[en][Translation] Appeal from the families of the four No-TAV demonstrators arrested for terrorism

Posted on 2014/02/21 by Struggles in Italy

You’ve heard them talked about over the past few weeks. They are the people arrested on 9 December and charged (still to be proven) with attacking the TAV construction site in Chiomonte. A compressor was damaged in this attack and not … Continue reading →

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[en] Media diverts attention from No-TAV struggle

Posted on 2013/09/23 by Struggles in Italy

At a time when France is losing interest in the idea of the TAV project between Lyons and Turin, Italy has now started to go all out. (France completed seven kilometres of three exploratory tunnels a number of years ago – not … Continue reading →

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[en] Police operation against No TAV: charges of terrorism and subversion

Posted on 2013/08/01 by Struggles in Italy

In the Susa Valley and Turin, tens of homes and even restaurants owned by No TAV activists from the group Comitato di Lotta Popolare have been searched in an extraordinary anti-terrorism and subversion police operation. Police were looking for “explosives, … Continue reading →

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[en] The view from here: NoTAV eyewitness account

Posted on 2013/03/30 by Struggles in Italy

Another march took place in the heart of the Susa valley on Saturday March 23, 2013, organised by the NoTAV people together with local authorities and other local bodies, which have been part of this struggle since the beginning. Many … Continue reading →

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[en] French government rediscusses Torino-Lyon project

Posted on 2012/07/13 by Struggles in Italy

The Italian mainstream media’s position that all the French agree on the Torino-Lyon TAV project is going to suffer a great shock after “Le Figaro” publishes an article in which the author states that the French government is going to … Continue reading →

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[en] Sins of Maddalena

Posted on 2012/06/26 by Struggles in Italy

Sometime words aren’t enough, that’s why we translated this short documentary. We regard it as a good glance into the Notav struggle. It shows who they are, where they live, the aims and reasons of their opposition. It was shot by Manolo Luppichini, … Continue reading →

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